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Taking it slow in the tropics

By Christina Ieronymidou|2017-10-02T07:30:23+00:002 Oct 2017|evolution, life history, survival, tropical birds|

Contrasting life-history evolution in New World thrushes

Towards a chicken’s breast

By Christina Ieronymidou|2020-09-22T13:20:54+00:0018 Sep 2017|evolution, flight, palaeontology|

How an important skeletomuscular correlate of flapping flight evolved

Survival of the prettiest

By Christina Ieronymidou|2020-09-22T13:16:57+00:003 Jul 2017|evolution, feathers, longevity, mate selection, Seabirds, survival|

Does wing pattern predict longevity?

Evolutionary distinctiveness of the Seychelles Black Parrot

By Steve Dudley|2016-03-21T07:30:28+00:0021 Mar 2016|endangered, evolution, Genetics, parrot, population dynamics|

Conserving an endangered island parrot

Avian camouflage really does hinder predators

By Steve Dudley|2016-03-07T07:30:30+00:007 Mar 2016|adaptation, behaviour, Breeding, camouflage, cryptic, eggs, evolution, habitat|

Camouflage does protect nesting birds from being eaten

Survival out the nest: southern birds do best

By Steve Dudley|2020-09-22T13:35:54+00:0023 Nov 2015|adult survival, Breeding, colour ringing/banding, evolution, fledgling survival, life history, survival, tracking|

Why?

Puffins have an eye for small fry

By Steve Dudley|2015-10-05T07:21:23+00:005 Oct 2015|adaptation, behaviour, evolution, foraging, Science, Seabirds|

Visual fields in auks

Mark My Bird: understanding the evolution of birds and bills

By Steve Dudley|2015-09-21T07:21:56+00:0021 Sep 2015|adaptation, behaviour, biodiversity, crowd-sourcing, diversification, evolution, morphology, Science|

Why birds diversified